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  "path": "/2026/04/29/hotpress/michael-d-higgins-returns-2-million",
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  "textContent": "The cumulative figure includes €1,310,491 in Oireachtas and Ministerial pensions, and €689,474 in pay, foregone, over the 14 years of his Presidency. The former President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, returned a total of €2.6 million to the State over the course of his fourteen years as President. In recent days, newly published figures show that […]",
  "title": "Michael D. Higgins returns total of €2.6 million to Exchequer over course of two terms as President of Ireland"
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